Martin: insane murder broke the feeling of security from Banff

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The murder of Ethan Ens-Goneau, Aboriginal of Banff, not only stolen the city of the idyllic mountain of a favorite son, he also broke the feeling of safety of the community.

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The fatal stab wounds in Enns-Goneau inside the Sasquatch dancing bar dancing the early hours of the morning of August 5, 2022 were the first murder in Banff for more than 30 years.

And the fact that the 26 -year -old very appreciated was a born banffitis and raised banffite who had lived all his life in the city of the National Park struck far too close to his home.

Before the murder of Enns-Goneau in the hands of Ontan transplanted John Christopher ArriZza, the last time the city was to face such violence, there were years before the birth of the victim.

On May 17, 1990, the taxi driver, Lucie Turmel, was fatally stabbed in a quiet banff street by Ryan Jason Love, a prize that had turned against her and hunted her, killing her with 17 injuries by stab.

This murder, as horrible as it is, would have been forgotten for a long time by the residents of the city who were there when it happened and would probably have been something that Ngoneau and his contemporaries would not have known it, or would not have made a vague knowledge.

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But the murder of Ens-Goneau would have broken any feeling of residents of security in the picturesque city of the mountain had come to appreciate while welcoming visitors around the world each year.

This loss was expressed in more than two dozen victim declarations filed for the condemnation of Arrizza, declarations which showed how the victim meant for the inhabitants of Banff, but also how his death had an impact on the way in which they saw their hometown.

Among those who filed declarations were the partner of Ens-Goneau at the time, Lorianne Pieters, who not only talked about the depth of her personal loss, but about the impact of the young man’s death throughout the community.

“(Arrizza) not only stolen us a partner, a son, a brother and a friend, but he stole the residents of Banff with a feeling of security and security when they go out at night,” said Pieters.

“Our united community, a safe refuge for so many people who had not undergone homicide for more than 32 years before this incident, has been eternally tainted by this.”

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The fact that Les-Goneau, by all the testimonies, a friendly and happy young man, did nothing to provoke a deadly attack of Arrizza made his impact more and more disturbing for the feeling of security of people.

The victim stopped in the Dancing Sasquatch after a bar night for a night hat and immediately went to the toilet on arrival.

The surveillance video of the corridor outside the men’s room has shown that Nans-Goneau was already starting to undo his pants when he entered and that his autopsy showed that his bladder was practically empty, therefore in the 72 seconds that it took for Arrizza to emerge from the bathroom while stabbing his victim repeatedly, the dead have had little time to do something other than to relieve.

Arriizza, who had fallen into a life of dependence on drugs and alcohol before murder, had nothing to add in terms of motive of death, which makes him even more frightening.

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Among the others, who filed victims of victim, there was the mayor Corrie Dimanno, who wrote not only as a representative of the city, but as someone who knew Enns-Goneau and considered him a friend.

“He cracked the very foundation of everything we knew about being true about our small town,” said Sunday.

“We thought we were safe from this extreme and insane violence, especially because it was more than 30 years since a crime of this nature had happened in Banff.”

As if to punctuate this feeling of loss, a month later, another man was fatally stabbed outside the same bar where Ens-Goneau was killed.

Hopefully, it will take decades before residents can learn that violence can occur anywhere.

Kmartin@postmedia.com

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